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   DavidxDoud | Mar 25, 2003 02:55pm | #1

   can't help on the planer,  but here's a forum about sawyering - go from there to the home page and there are related resources - - http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/sawdry.pl

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   druid | Mar 25, 2003 05:25pm | #2

   Try http://www.sawmillmag.com  A magazine for sawmill and woodlot owners that has many good articles.

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   LeeEschen | Mar 25, 2003 10:51pm | #3

   Try Sunhill Machinery for your double-sided planer. They have several models. This link goes to one on special right now, though it exceeds the power capabilities you mentioned:

   http://www.sunhillmachinery.com/products/doublesideplaners/gt400b.asp

   Only $15,950. But they do have others.

   --

   Lee in Cave Junction, Oregon

   Gateway to the Oregon Caves

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   Andrew | Mar 26, 2003 01:08am | #4

   The real double sides planers like an Oliver Straightoplane are huge, expensive machines that are great for high production and are capable of taking rough twisted lumber in one end and spitting out reasonably straight, dressed lumber on the other.

   The smaller taiwanese units don't appear to be able to straighten lumber, just face both sides, so they are kind of redundant. You may as well go with a larger single surface planer. Used 24" planers can be bought cheap, and they will plane more lumber faster, with less sharpenings. With the kind of volume you'll probably be planing I don't think a small machine is up to it. Plus it will take forever, and remember, time is money.

   hope this helps

   Andrew

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   fdampier5 | Mar 26, 2003 04:28am | #6

   another option would be two planers.  outfeed from one would go into the second. It's a rather simple matter to get the conveyor to flip the board, call up anyone selling material handling equipment.

    another option could be to use conveyor to feed the board back into the planer upside down,  I suspect that might be evan more cost effective..

    If you find someone who handles second hand equipment (in most major cities) your cost could be pretty nominal.

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   DaveHeinlein | Mar 26, 2003 01:43am | #5

   I think it is Northstate who also has a two sided planer. IIRC, it's 15". I see their ad in Woodshop News.